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Trump and Mojtaba: the Hormuz negotiations Gregori Saavedra
Politics

Trump and Mojtaba: the Hormuz negotiations

Al Majalla - London 13 August 2026
Washington's war, Tehran's waiting game Al Majalla
Politics

Washington's war, Tehran's waiting game

Alex Vatanka 13 August 2026
Sir Christopher's Nolan's 2026 film 'The Odyssey' is the latest step on an epic journey for Homer's 3,000-year-old poem. Axel Rangel García

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey: Homer reborn in IMAX

The journey from spoken word to written form to giant cinema screens taken by this 3,000-year-old story in some ways matches that of its protagonist

Azeddine Bourkia 29 July 2026
Former International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan during a press conference at the San Carlos Palace in Bogotá, on 25 April 2024. AFP

Karim Khan and the fate of the International Criminal Court

The man who issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders was then accused of sexual misconduct and voted out. Can the ICC survive the dismissal of its chief prosecutor?

Bryn Haworth 28 July 2026
Some consider the AI rivalry between China and the United States to be not dissimilar to the technological rivalry between Washington and Moscow during the Cold War. Sara Padovan

Why the race to AI dominance has echoes of the Cold War

Global competition to lead the 21st century artificial intelligence revolution is currently a two-horse race between America and China. Is this today's arms race, or are we headed for multipolarity?

Christopher Phillips 28 July 2026
Fares Garabet

When you start running out of eyes

Fares Garabet 27 July 2026
An army memorial in Bamako, the capital of Mali, on April 26, 2026. AFP

Algeria and Mali bury the hatchet to face a shared threat

Al Qaeda affiliates are working with Tuareg fighters to overrun Mali, with historic Timbuktu set to fall, and the capital Bamako also encircled. In this part of the world, pragmatism is a necessity.

Rabia Abdul Salam 23 July 2026

An undersea map of the world’s digital arteries

Submarine cables form a strategic infrastructure in the age of AI

Al Majalla - London 21 July 2026
The Hybrid Alliance Layered Operations in Space (HALO) initiative will combine the individual military satellites of eight NATO member states into a larger constellation. Eduardo Ramon

A HALO for NATO: the Alliance is sharing its space assets

Military satellites of eight NATO states will be pooled, connected, and networked by the countries that own them to create a constellation, spreading both cost and reach. Others have had the same idea

Marco Mossad 20 July 2026
FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends a Youth festival opening ceremony in Doha on November 17, 2022, ahead of the Qatar 2022 World Cup football tournament. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP

Gianni Infantino: controversial FIFA boss reflects political change

Due to be re-elected for an unprecedented fourth term in March, the president of FIFA has monetised the World Cup and filtered that money down to football associations around the world

Christopher Phillips 19 July 2026
AI has changed things by introducing concentrated, volatile, large-scale loads that carry big implications for the electricity grid. Eduardo Ramon

Why AI is forcing a reassessment of the electricity sector

Traditional large electricity customers' requirements have tended to match utilities' capacities, but the enormous data centres on which the AI era is being built are redefining demand

Jessica Obeid 18 July 2026

How Ukraine is targeting Russia’s war finances and fuel security

The pace of Kyiv's attacks on its enemy's energy infrastructure is increasing, as are the length of queues outside Russian petrol stations

Al Majalla - London 14 July 2026
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As the US and Iran spar over Hormuz deal, the world waits with bated breath

12 August 2026

Any agreement that restores traffic through the strait will bring immediate relief, but repairing the damage wrought by war—and restoring confidence—will take far longer

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Al Majalla
Politics

Is multipolarity helping or hindering Iran?

12 August 2026

A bit of both. It enabled its rise as a regional power, then helped weaken it, and may now help prevent its complete defeat.

Christopher Phillips
Opinion

Mecca diplomacy and the New Middle East

12 August 2026

Riyadh has made clear its vision for the future of a "new Middle East"—and it is one based on mutual respect, unity, peace and prosperity

Zaid bin Ali al-Fadhil
Al Majalla
Science & Technology

How AI is rewriting the rules of war and peace

10 August 2026

As states race to embed algorithms in systems of reconnaissance, targeting, air defence, and military decision-making, a new layer of risk is taking shape

Mohammed Mansour
Nesma Moharam
Culture & Social Affairs

The art of Taqāsīm: dividing time and charging silence

11 August 2026

Al Majalla traces the evolution of the solo improvisation musical form indigenous to the Middle East region

Fadi El-Abdallah

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